African Music

[Comrade BNS]

It's a broad and non-specific sort of genre I know, but does anyone else here enjoy african beats and melodies? if so post some of your favorite artists, I'm interested in getting into some more of it.

I already listen to Artists like Habib Koite, Tinariwen, Soweto String Quartet and Hugh Masekela.

any more insight into the genre would be appreciated! :)

Comrade BNS

[Floyd.]

I don't know how to spell this name so I'll just spell it how it sounds and hope you understand.

Bubba Marl

[canikickit]

Ali Farka Toure from Mali is a great artist.
He plays a combination of traditional Malian music and blues. Some of his songs are straight up blues numbers, while some have a more obvious influence from Mali.

Good albums are Niafunke, Radio Mali, and Talking Timbuktu with Ry Cooder.

You can hear some samples from his music here:

http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/discograp...graphie_455.asp (http://www.rfimusique.com/siteEn/discographie/discographie_455.asp)

I also like a lot of music from Africa which is just based around percussion. Do a search on Soulseek for "djembe" and listen to what turns up.

[Comrade BNS]

Cheers, I actually play Djembe so would be interesting to hear some more akin type music.

Comrade BNS

[Comrade BNS]

Cani, if you like Ali Farka Toure, i suggest you check out a band called Tinariwen (they are Imashagen (more commonly known as Touregs) who fought in the Malian civil war) they have a very similar sound, but with more folk influences.

Comrade BNS

[CubanFox]

I'm a fan of music from Lusophone Africa, that is, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. Semba is lovely. No one will have heard of her, but I like Eneida Marta. Paulo Flores and Jovino dos Santos are great too.